Miami Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Research Symposium

August 15, 2025
 

Live, In-Person Symposium | 6.75 Cat. 1
Friday, August 15, 2025 | 7:45 a.m.  – 4 p.m.
Hilton Miami Dadeland, Miami, Florida

During this inaugural radiation oncology research symposium, practitioners will focus on sharing the latest research advancements and best practices in radiation oncology. Symposium faculty will demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate sciences and apply this knowledge to patient care.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this conference, participants should be better able to:

  • Identify gaps in research and find ways to collaborate.
  • Improve research studies to assist in finding new ways to innovate patient outcomes.
  • Investigate and evaluate patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence and improve practice.

Who Should Attend

Radiation Oncologists, Physicists, Dosimetrists and Research Associates.

Registration and Fees

This symposium is offered free of charge.

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.75 General certificate of attendance
Course opens: 
05/12/2025
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Event starts: 
08/15/2025 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
08/15/2025 - 4:00pm EDT
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Agenda

7:45 AM – 8:00 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks
Minesh Mehta, MD]
8:00 AM – 9:10 AM Session 1
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM Presentation 1
8:05 AM – 8:07 AM Q&A
8:07 AM – 8:12 AM Presentation 2
8:12 AM – 8:14 AM Q&A
8:14 AM – 8:19 AM Presentation 3
8:19 AM – 8:21 AM Q&A
8:21 AM – 8:26 AM Presentation 4
8:26 AM – 8:28 AM Q&A
8:28 AM – 8:33 AM Presentation 5
8:33 AM – 8:35 AM Q&A
8:35 AM – 8:40 AM Presentation 6
8:40 AM – 8:42 AM Q&A
8:42 AM – 8:47 AM Presentation 7
8:47 AM – 8:49 AM Q&A
8:49 AM – 8:54 AM Presentation 8
8:54 AM – 8:56 AM Q&A
8:56 AM – 9:01 AM Presentation 9
9:01 AM – 9:03 AM Q&A
9:03 AM – 9:08 AM Presentation 10
9:08 AM – 9:10 AM Q&A
9:10 AM – 9:25 AM Break
9:25 AM – 10:35 AM Session 2
9:25 AM – 9:30 AM Presentation 11
9:30 AM – 9:32 AM Q&A
9:32 AM – 9:37 AM Presentation 12
9:37 AM – 9:39 AM Q&A
9:39 AM – 9:44 AM Presentation 13
9:44 AM – 9:46 AM Q&A
9:46 AM – 9:51 AM Presentation 14
9:51 AM – 9:53 AM Q&A
9:53 AM – 9:58 AM Presentation 15
9:58 AM – 10:00 AM Q&A
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Presentation 16
10:05 AM – 10:07 AM Q&A
10:07 AM – 10:12 AM Presentation 17
10:12 AM – 10:14 AM Q&A
10:14 AM – 10:19 AM Presentation 18
10:19 AM – 10:21 AM Q&A
10:21 AM – 10:26 AM Presentation 19
10:26 AM – 10:28 AM Q&A
10:28 AM – 10:50 AM Break
10:50 AM – 12:00 PM Session 3
10:50 AM – 10:55 AM Presentation 20
10:55 AM – 10:57 AM Q&A
10:57 AM – 11:02 AM Presentation 21
11:02 AM – 11:04 AM Q&A
11:04 AM – 11:09 AM Presentation 22
11:09 AM – 11:11 AM Q&A
11:11 AM – 11:16 AM Presentation 23
11:16 AM – 11:18 AM Q&A
11:18 AM – 11:23 AM Presentation 24
11:23 AM – 11:25 AM Q&A
11:25 AM – 11:30 AM Presentation 25
11:30 AM – 11:32 AM Q&A
11:32 AM – 11:37 AM Presentation 26
11:37 AM – 11:39 AM Q&A
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Lunch Break
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Session 4
12:45 PM – 12:50 PM Presentation 27
12:50 PM – 12:52 PM Q&A
12:52 PM – 12:57 PM Presentation 28
12:57 PM – 12:59 PM Q&A
12:59 PM – 1:04 PM Presentation 29
1:04 PM – 1:06 PM Q&A
1:06 PM – 1:11 PM Presentation 20
1:11 PM – 1:13 PM Q&A
1:13 PM – 1:18 PM Presentation 31
1:18 PM – 1:20 PM Q&A
1:20 PM – 1:25 PM Presentation 32
1:25 PM – 1:27 PM Q&A
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 4:30 PM Session 5
2:15 PM – 2:20 PM Presentation 33
2:20 PM – 2:22 PM Q&A
2:22 PM – 2:27 PM Presentation 34
2:27 PM – 2:29 PM Q&A
2:29 PM – 2:34 PM Presentation 35
2:34 PM – 2:36 PM Q&A
2:36 PM – 2:41 PM Presentation 36
2:41 PM – 2:43 PM Q&A
2:43 PM – 2:48 PM Presentation 37
2:48 PM – 2:50 PM Q&A
2:50 PM – 2:55 PM Presentation 38
2:55 PM – 2:57 PM Q&A
2:57 PM – 3:02 PM Presentation 39
3:02 PM – 3:04 PM Q&A
3:04 PM – 3:09 PM Presentation 40
3:09 PM – 3:11 PM Q&A
3:11 PM – 3:16 PM Presentation 41
3:16 PM – 3:18 PM Q&A
3:18 PM – 3:23 PM Presentation 42
3:23 PM – 3:25 PM Q&A
3:25 PM – 3:30 PM Presentation 43
3:30 PM – 3:32 PM Q&A
3:32 PM – 3:37 PM Presentation 44
3:37 PM – 3:39 PM Q&A
3:39 PM – 3:44 PM Presentation 45
3:46 PM – 3:48 PM Q&A
3:48 PM – 3:50 PM Closing Remarks & Networking
4:00 PM – 4:30 PMBreak 
4:30 PM – 5:30 PMTown Hall

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NOTE: Schedule subject to change.

Faculty

  • Ushra Abraham, Sr., Medical Physicist
  • Eyub Yasar Akdemir, M.D.
  • Diane Alvarez, M.D., DABR
  • Tatiana Bejarano, Ph.D.
  • Ana C. Botero, M.D.
  • Vibha Chaswal, Ph.D., DABR
  • Daniel D. Cho, Ph.D., DABR
  • Michael Chuong, M.D.
  • Stephen Davis, Ph.D.
  • Naseem Ud Din, Ph.D.
  • Marcio Fagundes, M.D.
  • Siju George, Ph.D., DABR
  • Alonso Gutierrez, Ph.D., MBA
  • Matthew Hall, M.D.
  • Robert Herrera
  • Janos Juhasz, Ph.D.
  • Adeel Kaiser, M.D.
  • Noah Kalman, M.D.
  • Rupesh Kotecha, M.D.
  • James Kraus, Ph.D., DABR
  • Lori Lewis Rodriguez, M.S., DABR
  • Yongsook Lee, Ph.D.
  • Michael Leyva, M.S., DABR
  • Kristen McConnell, Ph.D., MBA
  • Minesh Mehta, M.D.
  • Vivek Mishra, Ph.D., DABR
  • Kathryn Mittauer, Ph.D., MCCPM, DABR
  • Marc Morcos, Ph.D., DABR
  • Jean-Pierre Obeid, M.D.
  • Joseph Panoff, M.D.
  • Robert Press, M.D.
  • Maria Amelia Rodriguez, M.D.
  • Nikolai Strusberg Fernandez, M.D.
  • Ranjini Tolakanahalli, Ph.D.
  • Yonatan Weiss, M.D.
  • Katherine Von Werne, APRN
  • Djay Wieczorek, Ph.D.
  • Andrew Wroe, Ph.D., DABR
  • Sreenija Yarlagadda, Research Associate
  • Jen Yu, Ph.D., DABR
  • Youssef Zeidan, M.D.

Disclosures and Resolution of Conflict of Interest

The following individuals involved in the planning, development, review, presentation, authoring and/or editing of the symposium content have disclosed relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies*, and the CME Department has mitigated these potential conflicts of interest. (** Indicates that this individual’s presentation(s) will include discussion of off-label or unapproved product usage.)

  • Michael Chuong, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has received grant/research support from Novocure and StratPharma.
  • Adeel Kaiser, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is an advisor for Accuray.
  • Rupesh Kotecha, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is a consultant for Kazia Therapeutics, Elekta AB, ViewRay, Castle Biosciences, Novocure and Telix Pharmaceuticals. He has received grant/research support from Medtronic, Blue Earth Technologies, Novocure, GT Medical, AstraZeneca, Exelixis, ViewRay, Brainlab and Cantex, is on the speaker’s bureau for Novocure; and has received travel benefits from Elekta AB, Novocure, Brainlab and ViewRay.
  • Minesh Mehta, M.D. **, faculty for this educational activity, is a consultant for Chimerix, AIQ, Telix and Novocure.
  • Jean-Pierre Obeid, M.D., faculty for this educational activity is a consultant with MIM Software.
  • Ranjini Tolakanahalli, faculty for this educational activity has received grant/research support from GE Healthcare, is on the speaker’s bureau for MIM and GT Med Tech and has stock in Siemens Healthiness.
  • Andrew Wroe, Ph.D., faculty for this educational activity, is on the speaker’s bureau for CQ Medical.

The following individuals do not have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies*. (** Indicates that this individual’s presentation(s) will include discussion of off-label or unapproved usage.)

  • Ushra Abraham
  • Eyub Yasar Akdemir, M.D.
  • Diane Alvarez, M.S.
  • Tatiana Bejarano, Ph.D.
  • Ana C. Botero, M.D.
  • Vibha Chaswel, Ph.D.
  • Stephen Davis, Ph.D.
  • Marcio Fagundes, M.D.
  • Siju George, Ph.D.
  • Alonso Gutierrez, Ph.D.
  • Matthew Hall, M.D.
  • Matthew Hall, M.D.
  • Robert Herrera
  • Janos Juhasz, Ph.D.
  • Noah Kalman, M.D.
  • James Kraus, Ph.D.
  • Lorie Lewis Rodriguez, M.S.
  • Yongsook Lee, Ph.D.
  • Michael Leyva, M.S.
  • Kirsten McConnell, Ph.D.
  • Vivek Mishra, Ph.D.
  • Kathryn Mittauer, Ph.D.
  • Marc Marcos, Ph.D.
  • Joseph Panoff, M.D.
  • Robert Press, M.D.
  • Maria Amelia Rodriguez, M.D.
  • Nikolai Strusberg Fernandez, M.D.
  • Yonatan Weiss, M.D.
  • Katherine Von Werne, APRN
  • Djay Wieczorek, Ph.D.
  • Sreenija Yarlaggadda,M.D.
  • Jen Yu, Ph.D.
  • Youssef Zeidan, M.D.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. 

* Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

Accreditation

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for 6.75 credit hours, CE Broker Course #20-1323227, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.

 

Disclaimer

Baptist Health South Florida presents this CME activity for use by healthcare professionals for educational purposes only. Opinions, perspectives and information presented by the faculty represent their ideas and views, and participants should carefully consider all available scientific data before acting on knowledge gained through this activity. Additionally, participants should consult the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approved uses prior to prescribing medications or utilizing medical devices discussed in this activity.

While Baptist Health makes reasonable efforts to ensure that accurate information is presented, no warranty, expressed or implied, is offered. Participants should rely on their own clinical judgment, knowledge and experience before applying information acquired to their professional use.

Available Credit

  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.75 General certificate of attendance
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